lophobranchianadj.
/ləʊfəʊˈbraŋkɪən/ Ichthyology.
= lophobranchiate adj.
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lophobranchiate1834
lophobranchian1835
lophobranchous1856
tuft-gilled1861
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxi. 392 Lophobranchian Fishes. So called because their gills are not pectinated, but disposed in tufts.
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adj.1835